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Sunday, 12 February 2012

McCalls 6444 with Jalie 2805

Misses' Unlined Jackets and Vest: loose fitting jacket/vest have draped fronts where wrong side of fabric will show and stitched shaped hems. A.B: fronts extends into shawl collar. B: side opening patch pocket. C,D: hood and top opening patch pockets.

Here I have used McCalls 6444 with Jalie 2805 to make a twinset. I have used this baby blue soft cotton knit before because I bought quite a bit of it, and I wanted to try a different waterfall jacket and this is what I have come up with.

I cut out a M but to be honest I think I should have cut out a small for the top and graded to a M for the hips.

This is a great quick sew. Only 4 pieces and all done on the serger, however when I attached the back to the front I did use a large stitch length on the sewing machine to make sure I lined it up correctly.

I had enough fabric left over to make Jalie 2805 polo/turtle neck to wear underneath.

This fabric is soft to wear and washes so well, so these will be great additions to the wardrobe.